document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=359487>Question 359487</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How many strings of 4 lower case English letters are there that have the letter x in them somewhere? Here strings may use the same letter more than once. (Hint: It might be easier to first count the strings that don't have an x in them.) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "I already know that there is overall a total of 456976 total possabilities if all letters can be used and repeated but i dont know where to go from there </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #256509 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><B>edjones(8007)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=edjones><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=edjones><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=256509\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 25^4=390625 four letter words without an x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "26^4=456976 possible 4 letter words.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "456976-390625=66,351 four letter words with an x.<BR>\n" );
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